Manna v. State

PRENTICE, Justice.

Defendant (Appellant) was convicted of Murder in Perpetration of a Robbery, Ind. Code § 35-13-4-l(a) (Burns 1975) and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

On July 28, 1967, two witnesses independently observed Defendant and the victim struggling in a Gary alley. The victim was knocked to the ground and did not arise. One witness heard the assailant, identified by each witness as the defendant, demand money and a watch from the victim. That witness then called the police. As a private automobile entered the alley, followed immediately by a police patrol car, the defendant fled.…